Accidental Acquisition by Evangeline Anderson

Author:Evangeline Anderson [Anderson, Evangeline]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Evangeline Anderson

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“What the hell do you think you’re doing?” Jillian demanded, the minute the pantry door was closed. “Why are you hiring people to work in my kitchen?”

“Because we’re desperately short-handed and neither one of us has ever cooked Nebrian cuisine before,” Suzanne shot back. “Plus, at some point, I have to go breastfeed the triplets—we need help!”

Jillian put her hands on her hips.

“When you asked me to come run Pat-ar, we agreed that I would be in charge of hiring and firing!”

“And you mostly are. But I can see that you’re too wound up over this guy to give him a fair shake,” Suzanne said.

Jillian ran a hand over her hair, which was in a tight ponytail to keep it out of her face.

“Suzanne, come on. I told you what he turns into—it’s fucking terrifying!”

“He’s promised that this other form of his—this bear-thing—is completely under his control and that it can’t come out unless he lets it,” Suzanne pointed out. “I have to believe that’s the truth, or Commander Sylvan would never have let him on board the Mother Ship in the first place. Plus, Hard trusts him—he told me so, through our link.”

“He just met him, though!” Jillian protested.

“I know, but that doesn’t matter. My Dark Twin hubby might have a foul mouth, but he’s also got infallible instincts about people,” Suzanne said with certainty. “If Kalis was any kind of a danger to either one of us, he wouldn’t let us be in the same room with him for even a minute.”

“But…but…” Jillian ran a hand over her hair again. She just didn’t know what to say. Being around the big Kindred twisted her up in knots inside. She was torn between being incredibly attracted to him…and frightened half to death of the beast he turned into.

“Look, Jilly, don’t you remember what you told me when you first hired me at The Palms?” Suzanne said gently.

“I said everybody deserves a second chance,” Jillian admitted reluctantly.

“So why not give Kalis one?” Suzanne asked. “Look, I know yesterday was a horrible, crazy day for you and I’m so, so sorry for that—but maybe something good came out of it. And I think that might be Kalis.”

Jillian sighed deeply.

“All right,” she said at last. “But the minute he starts to sprout fur, or grow into a giant alien bear, he’s out of here! I can’t deal with that again!”

“He’s not going to do that,” Suzanne said gently. “If you want, I can make it part of his employment contract. No turning into a giant green Grizzly bear under any circumstances during work hours,” she said, pretending to write on an imaginary contract. “On pain of immediate termination.”

Jillian smiled reluctantly.

“Fine,” she said and sighed deeply. “The crazy thing is, I’m completely attracted to him, other than that,” she admitted. “I mean, butterflies in the stomach and chills down my spine and all that. That massage he gave me yesterday before everything went to hell…” She shook her head. “It was mind-blowing.”

“I knew it!” Suzanne exclaimed delightedly.

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